Otterburn
a township of England, Northumberland county, 20 miles N. N. W. of Hexham. About half a mile from the village is an obelisk marking the spot where Earl Douglas fell in the battle of Chevy Chase, in 1388.
OTTERY ST. MARY, a town of Devonshire, on the river Otter, 11 miles E. of Exeter. Twice the scene of a great conflagration, in 1767 and 1866, it retains its magnificent collegiate church, a reduced copy of the cathedral of Exeter, with the only other transeptal towers in England.
Begun about 1260 by Bishop Bronescombe, it is Early English, decorated, and perpendicular in style and was restored by Butterfield in 1849-1850. The old King's grammar school was demolished in 1884. Alexander Barclay was a priest here; Coleridge was a native; and "Clavering" in "Pendennis" is Ottery St. Mary, the Devonshire residence of Thackeray's stepfather. Silk shoe laces, handkerchiefs, and Honiton lace are manufactured.
St. Mary OTTOMAN EMPIRE. See TURKEY.